"Beltway political strategist Ed Rollins has a long, long track record of taking high profile jobs and promptly sticking his foot in his mouth. To no one's surprise he has done it again, while also fueling a contrived narrative about the presidential race by the mainstream media. One would expect that his woodshed moment is coming and that a retraction will be issued soon."

As woodshed moments go, this one appears to have been a quick one: Sorry, Rollins tells Politico, tail firmly planted between legs.

"This was my one comment, which I shouldn't have made, at the end of the day this has nothing to do with Michele, Michele's campaign, or any of the rest of it. This was my transition from being an analyst to a political strategist, and I missed a step."

No way, says Fox pundit Greta Van Susteren. "Better to dump Rollins now than to carry his baggage throughout the campaign."

We feel the same way. There's just not enough room on the campaign bus for two sets of baggage filled with crazy sound bites. [ICYMI]

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Dude, catch up! (You too, Greta.) This is old school. Michele laid a shot across Sarah's chin, but her hands remain immaculately clean. Rollins got headlines for whacking Sarah, but only back pages like this for the blowback. Next week, all's forgiven, but Sarah now knows that getting in means she gets her lungs ripped out and handed to her. She won't get in, and this incident was the decider. Michele's as good a street fighting politician as I've seen. Rollins is a good fit for her. Next: blow Pawlenty's head off. You ain't seen nothin' yet.